depute
verb (used with object)
to appoint as one's substitute, representative, or agent.
deputing
-
present participleof depute.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Amid fresh cries of "Shame!" irate M. P.'s exacted a promise that there be no "deputing."
From Time Magazine Archive
When it was done he gave a splendid fite, to which he invited the officers of the English garrisons on the opposite coast, deputing me to receive them.
From Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville by Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson) Loyd
After the council broke up he was heard outside accosting this and that deputing chief, and speaking in a loud, gratified tone of the Rajah's property being protected in the Rajah's absence.
From Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
Deputā′tion, act of deputing: the person or persons deputed or appointed to transact business for another: persons sent to state a case before a government official.—v.t.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
John Massingbird possessed a ready hand at packing and arranging; and therefore he preferred doing it himself to deputing it to others.
From Verner's Pride by Mrs. Henry Wood
